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Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort off of the Great Barrier Reef has a goal of being 100 percent sustainable by 2020.

Colombia has approved six towns as eco-tourism spots.

A sun shield has been build over the Great Barrier Reef, to protect coral reefs in the high risk area.

Plastic Whale offers eco-boat tours of Amsterdam's canals, allowing customers to fish plastic out of the water.

White Owl Social Club in Portland is replacing beef with the Impossible burger.

Kenya is leading the charge to rid the oceans of plastic with a plastic bag ban that supercedes any other initiative in the world in terms of the penalties for violating the law.

Mayanoki, a New York sushi restaurant, claims that all of its seafood is sustainable.

Airbnb has announced the launch of its Office of Healthy Tourism.

The Squaw Valley ski resort and Alpine Meadows near Lake Tahoe are dedicated by running on 100 percent renewable energy by December 2018.

Artist Takehiro Ikeda made a sculpture called "Transitions" that brings a cloud down to Earth.

Sustainable travel is possible — but there's a lot to learn.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is going to dedicate more green space to urban farming.

Hotels can benefit greatly from reducing potential food loss in their kitchens.

Sustainable tourism is important in this age of the climate crisis.

Peru officially established the Yaguas National Park, a massive rainforest that stretches over two million acres — and is the the home for over 1,000 indigenous people.

Portland is the latest city to ditch plastic straws — with bars and restaurants joining the #StopSucking movement and joining other eco-friendly cities like Seattle.

New York City has the cleanest air quality since it began monitoring results a decade ago.

Disney World will power two theme parks with solar power.

Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization, talks sustainable tourism.

A hotel in the northern Chile town of San Pedro called Tierra Atacama announced that they were going fully solar.

The Riviera Maya is becoming more sustainable.

The Great Barrier Reef is receiving a big supportive measure from the Australian government.

We asked a park ranger about her experience working in nature.

A team of architects in Norway have designed an energy positive hotel located above the Arctic Circle called Svart that can only be accessed by boat.

Sustainable safaris are possible — here are a few recommendations.

Adventure travel and ecotourism are become one and the same.

These 9 tour operators encourage sustainable tourism for the whole family.

The Harmonic Turbine Tidal Hotel is harnessing renewable energy from the ocean and wind.

Here's how to incorporate sustainable tourism practices through travel.

Qantas just operated a flight that sent zero trash to landfill in Australia.

The right whale population is limited — but luckily, it's finally growing.

Glyphosate use varies state by state — take a look at the visual data.

Chicago has officially come up with a plan to achieve 100 percent renewable energy.

Netflix's new docuseries 'Our Planet' has people crying over how gorgeous nature is — and inspired to better for the planet.

The EMA Green Seal for Hospitality will be a new benchmark for how eco-friendly a hotel is.

Zoos and aquariums take animals from the wild and exploit them for entertainment.

Miami officials are no longer allowed to use glyphosate, a herbicide most commonly found in Monsanto's Roundup.

A new study observed a significant dip in fish populations in the world's oceans.

Vogue Germany chose Gisele Bündchen to cover its special environmental issue.

Researchers found microplastics in the bodies of crustaceans living 10,890 meters deep in the ocean.